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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

These are the red envelopes I made for Chinese New Year 2011. I give these out to everyone below my generation who do not have children; if they do, I give to their children. For next year, I might make use of the many useless CDs I collected over the years... we'll see.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

I'm finally packing for my trip to Maui. My anxiety level rises as I cannot make up my mind what art supplies to bring. Just imagine- one whole week without worrying about household chores, chauffeuring children, and office work! That's a total of 7 days that I can spend time doing art leisurely. Just the thought of it makes me want to jump up and scream "yayyyyyyy"! Anyway, I prepared some background spreads in my journal that I'll like to share. They were made using techniques I learned from other artists.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

As promised, I am posting pictures of my butterfly ATC cards.I am rather pleased with the result. What pulls the theme together for me is the pair of vellum wings that I decided to add at the very end. Sometimes you just get the feeling of "something is missing" or "it needs something else". I found my answer in these wings. I even thought about adding color, but chose to leave them plain. And I am glad. I hope Twyla enjoys them as much as I had fun making them.

Friday, November 19, 2010

I finally finished making the 2 butterfly ATCs. All along I thought I was to send one card and keep one card. To my surprise, I found out I was to send out both of them! At that very moment I felt a sense of panic- obviously, I developed a strong attachment to my little creation, and I wasn’t willing to let both of my babies go. I knew I could take photos, but it just wouldn’t be the same. Some of my friends suggest that I make duplicates. Well, I’m not good at that. Once my idea is materialized, I don’t want to go back and make more of the exact same things. Okay, so photo it is. This is probably a phase that I’m going through, being new at making arts and all. I’m confident that one day I can send out my creation happily without the sense of loss. If by sending these little cards out make others happy, then I actually GAIN something- it maybe intangible, but definitely has a place in my heart. Well, after double-checking the address for the 20th time, I dropped off my little butterflies to my swap partner. Twyla, here they come!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

On the back of the ATC card, one needs to include contact information. I thought the simplest way is to use my email address. Well, I could just write it by hand, but I like things tidy and consistent- so I decided to print it out. Since I would be using the computer for printing anyway, then why not add some colors and backgrounds to make it pretty? So, I designed my own “personal” card. It’s 2.5” x 3.5”- same as the ATC card. This is what it looks like.

Monday, November 15, 2010

My attention shifted from finishing my blank journal to starting my ATC project. I need to make 2 and have 1 sent out by the end of November. The theme for November’s swap is Butterfly. Being very non-lady like, I like bugs a lot, all except roaches (I shall continue to work on this one). I raise mealworms for my geckos and quails, and my husband raises flightless fruit flies for his poison dart frogs. So I’m around bugs a lot. Butterflies are very meaningful- not only do they represent beauty, they also imply to be a product of growth and transformation.

This is my very 1st ATC experience- I’m both excited and a little nervous. I cut out 2 2.5”x3.5” cards from 350 GSM (which converts to about 130 lb.) paper, . From the internet dictionary I printed out the definition of butterfly on regular copy paper, torn them out by hand, then stained them with Tim Holtz’s “Distress Ink” http://www.timholtz.com/ink.htm.